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CH12
"Just one more minute, kids!" Elliot shouts in the middle of the big gym.
"No, no!" The little ones answer don't wanting to stop playing basketball.
"More time coach!" A small girl asks seeing Elliot with pleading eyes.
"Haha, Samantha we can't. You have Spanish class"
"I do not like that lesson!" she complains getting out of the game and sitting upset in the stands.
"Me either," Elliot mutters quietly hoping the little girl doesn't listen. He remembers how much he disliked Spanish lessons as a child. He takes a deep breath and blows his whistle letting it sounds hard.
"Noo noo!" everybody complain stopping the game.
"Let's go! See you next week!" Elliot takes ball and asked the kids to take their are all ready just when the bell rings announcing the class change.

Ell handles them out calm and says goodbye to them. He lifts all the balls that are scattered through the gym and puts them in the cellar. He hasn't stopped thinking all day about Olivia. He wishes that the case won't take a long time. He really wants to see her soon. His telephone starts to vibrate and he rushes to answer it fearing that if he doesn't do it quick the mailbox will answered.
"Hello?"
"Elliot, hello" his smile fades to hear Kathy's voice across the line.
"Oh hello Kath. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, just calling to make sure you have not forgotten that you have to go and pick Elli"
"I haven't forgotten." He answers reluctantly.
"Sorry Elliot but, you know, the last time you forgot and he was left alone and crying"
"I know Katherine. I won't forget it again"
"Okay. Have fun. I'll pick him up on Monday morning."
"Yeah."
"Elliot and please do not use the motorcycle with him." She asks worried remembering the huge motorcycle that her ex-husband had decided to purchase shortly after the divorce. She really hated that thing.

"Kath don't worry I will use the car" He assures her.
"Okay, see you then, bye." She hangs not very satisfied.
Elliot let out a frustration sigh watching the phone screen. It is not long before Elli's exit hour so he decided to hurry. He goes into the locker room and takes a quick shower to get rid of the sportswear and puts on his jeans, his shirt and a leather jacket.

Elliot walks towards the school's main exit constantly checking his phone waiting for Olivia's call without much success. He wonders whether if he will be lucky enough to see her the same day or if he will have to wait too long to be with her.
"Elliot, Are you leaving?" the female voice makes him stop half a step from his motorcycle. He turns to encounter a young redhead woman who watches from a car.
"Tania, hello. Yeah, I have to get my son," Elliot answers politely.
"Oh sure. And I wanted to invite you to take lunch with me"
"Maybe another day" He answers without actually taking seriously his words.

He met Tania since the first day he entered the school, a young woman of no more than 35 years. Tania is the music teacher. And even though she was nice he had never agreed to have more that a professional relationship with her. In fact with anyone, at most with children who had gain a lot of his love from the beginning. He is used to go to the school give his classes and go at correct time. He barely talks to his colleagues and only the days he has to stay during lunchtime waiting his last hour.
"Well, have a nice weekend." she says goodbye with a smile.

Elliot drives nimbly to his house where he changes the motorcycle for a little old red Chevy he had, which he really only used when he saw little Elli. For daily use he prefers the Harley, it saved him gas and time dodging the cars stuck in traffic jams in the city. Aside that he had wanted to buy one since some time ago, which he hadn't been able to do cause he had a family to support. But now that most of his children had grown and began with independent lives he could finally afford this little luxury.

He gets in the car making sure he has installed the child seat in the back. He checks his phone once more before driving to his child's school.
"Hello Mr. Stabler" The teacher at the kindergarten entry greets him.
"Hello" He replies cordial.
"Elliot Stabler Jr. Elliot Stabler Jr. " She calls through the microphone . "He'll be here. Oh, Children have a cultural outing next Friday we need you to send the permission slip" she lets Elliot know. Perhaps knowing he would have to come to terms with his ex-wife.
"Sure. Where are they going?"
"Natural History Museum"
"Daddy!" both adults turn around to see the little boy with a big smile on his face running with difficulty, by carrying his backpack, towards them.
"Hey buddy!" Elliot greets extending his arms and bending over to get a hug from his child.
"I'm going with my daddy Miss Agatha!" The happy kid says while his father takes his backpack and grabs his hand to walk to the car parked nearby.
"Ok honey! I'll see you on Monday!"
"Yep! Goodbye!"
"Thanks. Have a good weekend" Elliot says goodbye politely. Elli stops at the edge of the sidewalk and turns on both sides making sure there are no cars coming and then he cross the road still holding his father's hand. Elliot sees him and smiles proudly.
"Climb up." Elliot opens the back door and gives his son a boost to help him get on the little seat."Put on the seatbelt"

" I can do it by myself!" The kid complains taking Elliot's hands away to try and do it alone successfully.
"Good job little man!" Elliot celebrates his achievement and ensures to close the door with child lock. He climbs into the driver's seat and before he starts driving again he checks his phone and ... Nothing.
"We draw today. My teacher likes my drawing. When we get home you want to see it?"
"Sure buddy"
"Can we watch a movie? How about "the avengators !?"
"Avengers" Elliot corrects him understanding what he meant.
"yeah! that one! And can I make popcorn? and choco?" Elliot smiles at his child's happiness. He looks through the rearview mirror to notice his rosy cheeks. He opens the back window a little and the kid smiles feeling his blond curls moving from side to side in the wind.
Elliot thanks that there is not much traffic that day and takes the opportunity to go through the long way passing in front of the station. He tries to search for the old sedan he thinks they still use. He finds it parked in front of the station, so he supposed that indeed the case is going to take all day to Olivia.
"You worked here right daddy? " Elli asks watching the old huge building through the window.

"Yes."
"Can we go in?" The little boy asks without taking his eyes off few uniformed polices.
"Someday I'll take you ok." Elliot answers without really wanting to promise something that he isn't sure he could do.
"You always say that." The boy complains viewing the station disappearing. Elliot doesn't feel right making his child feel bad but he can't do much.

It doesn't take them long to get to their house where they park in front of the entrance. Elliot gets out of the car taking Elli's backpack somehow distracted with his phone. The small boy jumps out the car and walks through the house's grass waiting for his dad, but suddenly he stops with eyes wide opened in surprise.
"Oliviaaa!"

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